Brazil overtakes US in Coronavirus deaths as Nigeria reports 269 new cases

Last updated: 2021/03/08 at 12:25 AM

starconnect Published 8 March 2021

Inside Government House Clinic, Rivers State under HE, Nyesom Wike

TOP NEW CASES

Brazil: 69, 609

USA: 45, 408

France: 21,835

Italy: 20, 724

India: 18,754

Russia: 11, 478

Admin l Monday, March 08, 2021

IKEJA, Lagos – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC has confirmed 269 new cases of Coronavirus in the country, bringing all time cases to 158,506. But out of the 158,506 all time cases, 137,875 patients have been treated and discharged, while 1,969 others could not make it alive, leaving Nigeria with 18, 662 active cases of Coronavirus, while 5 patients died in the last 24 hours.

Breakdown of the new cases is as follows, Enugu-78, Bauchi-37, Rivers-22, Imo-18, Ogun-16, FCT-15, Akwa Ibom-13, Kaduna-13, Kebbi-11, Kwara-9, Edo-7, Ekiti-6, Borno-5, Yobe-5, Kano-4, Nasarawa-3, Osun-3, Anambra-2 and Plateau-2, making a total of 269 new cases.

“NCDC@NCDCgov 269 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Enugu-78, Bauchi-37, Rivers-22, Imo-18, Ogun-16, FCT-15, Akwa Ibom-13, Kaduna-13, Kebbi-11, Kwara-9, Edo-7, Ekiti-6, Borno-5, Yobe-5, Kano-4, Nasarawa-3, Osun-3, Anambra-2 and Plateau-2; 158,506 confirmed ;137,875 discharged; 1,969 deaths”, the NCDC has announced.

There are now 116, 710, 429 confirmed cases of Coronavirus worldwide, 2, 591, 024 patients have passed on, while 66, 011, 989 patients have been treated and discharged based on the latest statistics uploaded by the Centre for Systems Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Maryland.

According to the centre, the United States of America remains the most afflicted country, reporting 28,984, 170 confirmed cases, while 524, 794 patients have lost their lives(45, 408 new and 728 deaths), followed by India which has reported 11, 210, 799 confirmed cases, 157, 756 deaths, while 10, 868, 520 others have recovered and therefore discharged, leaving India with 184, 523 active cases of Coronavirus(18,754 new and 100 deaths*) and Brazil which has registered 10, 938, 836 all time cases, 264, 325 patients are no more, while 9, 720,870 others have been given clean bill of health, leaving Brazil with 953, 641 active cases of Coronavirus(69, 609 new and 1555 deaths*).

Russia remains the 4^th country worst hit by the virus, reporting 4, 274, 263 confirmations, 87, 614 patients have kicked the bucket while 3, 867, 901 others have recovered and therefore discharged, leaving Russia with 318, 748 active cases of Coronavirus(11, 478 new and 361 deaths*), followed by the United Kingdom which has reported 4, 231, 166 all time cases, 124, 736 patients have been killed by the virus, while 11, 851 others have survived the pandemic, leaving the UK with 4, 094, 579 active cases of Coronavirus(5265 new and 83 deaths*) and France, now reporting 3, 964, 078 all time cases, 88, 727 deaths and 272,079 recoveries, leaving France with 3, 603, 272 active cases of Coronavirus (21,835 new and 130 deaths*).

Spain is the 7^th most affected country worldwide, reporting 3, 149, 012 confirmations, 71, 138 deaths, while 150, 376 others have been treated and discharged, leaving Spain with 2, 927, 498 active cases of Coronavirus, followed by Italy which has confirmed 3, 067,486 all time infections, 99, 785 patients are already dead, while 2, 494,839 others have recovered and subsequently discharged, leaving Italy with 472, 862 live cases of Coronavirus(20, 724 new and 207 deaths*) and Turkey, which has documented 2, 780, 417 confirmed cases, 29, 030 deaths, while 2, 623, 924 others have been given clean bill of health, leaving Turkey with 127, 463 active cases of Coronavirus(11, 187 new and 65 deaths*).

Germany remains the 10^th country most affected by the pandemic, reporting 2, 508, 652 all time cases, 71, 956 patients have given up the ghost, while 2, 308,594 others are now hale and hearty, leaving Germany with 128, 102 active cases of Coronavirus(6595 new and 57 deaths*) and South Africa(16) which has reported 1, 521, 068 all time infections, 50, 678 patients have passed on while 1, 440, 874 others have been treated and discharged, leaving South Africa with 29, 516 active cases of Coronavirus(862 new and 31 deaths*) and China where the Coronavirus pandemic was first reported. Now 84^th country worst behind Nigeria(73), China has documented 101, 113 all time cases, 4, 838 deaths and 95, 839 recoveries, leaving China with 436 active cases of Coronavirus.

NB: *New cases reported in the last 24 hours